UNMIK chief meets with new Kosovo prime minister – Press Release
UNMIK/PR/1813 | 17 December 2014 PRISTINA – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Farid Zarif, met today with the new Prime Minister of Kosovo, Mr. Isa Mustafa. The SRSG congratulated the Prime Minister on the formation of the new government, and the two discussed […]
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Hoxha: Mustafa is not under investigation (Telegrafi)
In an interview for Radio Dukagjini, Syle Hoxha, the Acting State Chief Prosecutor of Kosovo, said several government ministers are being investigated for corruption but that Prime Minister Isa Mustafa is not one of them. “We are not selecting between small or big fish. Every case of this nature is a priority. There is certain […]
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Minister for Communities and Return in the Kosovo government, Aleksandar Jablanovic, says that more than 2000 displaced from Kosovo wish to return and that strategy for return should be significantly amended. Jabalnovic said to Radio Kosovo program in Serbian language that current strategy should undergo changes in order to enable sustainable return and that returnees […]
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An independent expert appointed to investigate allegations of corruption inside the EU’s rule-of-law mission in Kosovo only has a ‘limited’ role, warned Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the EU’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, to give more powers to the expert tasked with probing the corruption allegations, made by an […]
Read More →Elections in Gracanica on 18 January (Gazeta Express)
Gazeta Express writes that the President of Kosovo Atifete Jahjaga, after consultations with political parties, decided that elections for mayor in the municipality of Gracanica will be held on 18 January 2015. These elections were announced after the former mayor of Gracanica, Branimir Stojanovic has resigned from his duties upon taking the post of Deputy Prime […]
Read More →Mustafa meets head of UNMIK (all media)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa met today with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Farid Zarif, all media report. Zarif said that UNMIK will cooperate with the new government of Kosovo and will implement a pragmatic and constructive approach. Prime Minister Mustafa […]
Read More →Collaku: Kosovo and EU to sign SAA in 2015? (Radio Kosova)
Kosovo Minster for European Integration, Bekim Collaku told Radio Kosova that the signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) is expected to happen in the first half of next year. Collaku said that the government of Kosovo welcomes the call of the Council for General Affairs to the European Council to submit as soon […]
Read More →Mustafa may not visit the north of Kosovo soon (Danas)
According to unofficial announcements from Brussels, the head of the Kosovo diplomacy, Hashim Thaci should seek Kosovo’s entry into the CoE in a meeting with the Secretary of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland. A membership in the European institution decides Committee of Ministers composed of 47 foreign ministers of member states, on the proposal […]
Read More →Politics should not impose solutions for Trepca (Koha)
The Kosovo Foundation for Open Society (KFOS) organized a round-table in north Mitrovica, to discuss possible solutions for the mining complex Trepca, Koha reports. All the participants agreed that these solutions should not to be imposed by politics. During the round-table discussions, it was said that the activation of Trepca in full capacity will be a […]
Read More →Kosovo does not participate in the meeting 16 + 1 (Danas)
Belgrade – Although from the signing of the Brussels Treaty (April 2013) the Government of Serbia has a liberal attitude on the participation of the self-proclaimed state of Kosovo in international conferences, Pristina has no representatives among the participants of the Third Summit of Heads of Government of China and the countries of Central and […]
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